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| Rock strata may be .... only horizontal, slightly tilted, tilted and steep angles, or all of the above. |
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| Sand, silt and pebbles are all examples of what type of rock? |
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| Rocks formed from minerals precipitated from water are ___. |
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| Which of the following is not likely to contain fossils: limestone, sandstone, granite, shale. |
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| Fossils used by evolutionists to determine the age of rock strata are called ___. |
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| Natural Gas, oil (petroleum) and coal |
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| Fossil fuels include what? |
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| Petroleum is usually found in _____ rock formations. |
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| A type of rock that is often light enough to float in water is ___. |
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| A type of rock that appears to have been changed from its original form is called _____. |
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| What type of rocks are formed when molten rock cools and hardens? |
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| What type of rock forms from either bonded rock fragments that have been transported by water or wind or from the precipitation of minerals from supersaturated water solutions? |
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| The particles in conglomerate are larger/smaller than the particles in siltstone? |
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| Fossils are usually found in what type of rocks? |
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| A material in which another material, such as sand, fossils, or crystals, is embedded. |
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| Deposits of halite that penetrate vertically through rock strata are called _____. |
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| "Living fossils" do not cause problems for what kind of scientist? |
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| Most geologists use what principle in order to determine the order in which geologic events affected a particular location? |
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| Evolutionists give rocks containing simple fossils older/younger ages than those containing complex fossils? |
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| The gaseous form of fossil fuel is _____. |
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| Long masses of igneous rock formed from magma forced into vertical cracks of existing rock strata is _____. |
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| Pressure, heat and fluids |
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| Metamorphism can result from exposure to what 3 things? |
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| Formed from water-deposited layers of particles or materials. |
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| Conglomerate with sharp, angular fragments. |
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| Easily split into thin sheets. |
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| The coarsest grade of fragmental sedimentary rock. |
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| A category of sedimentary rock that appears to have formed from dissolved minerals. |
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| Any traces or remains of a living creature that have been preserved by natural means. |
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| The creationary term for fossils that extend through several layers of sedimentary rock. |
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| Formed from the remains of plant material. |
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| Formed principally from the remains of marine organisms |
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| Provides pressure for gushers. |
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| The molten rock under the earth's surface. |
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| The molten rock that flows out onto the earth's surface. |
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| Igneous rocks that solidify beneath the earth's surface. |
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| A flat sheet of igneous rock parallel to the surrounding sedimentary rock layers. |
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| Igneous rocks that solidify above the earth's surface. |
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| T/F: Limestone is used to neutralize acidic soils. |
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| T/F: Extinction can be explained only by evolution. |
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| T/F: Many fossils are very similar or even identical to present-day organisms. |
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| T/F: The geologic time scale has been established by reliable dating methods. |
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| T/F: Polystrate fossils give clear-cut evidence that sediment was deposited slowly. |
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| T/F: Most creationary geologists believe that coal was formed from plant material buried by the flood. |
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| T/F: Intrusive igneous rocks generally have smaller mineral crystals than do extrusive igneous rocks. |
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